Alexis de Tocqueville Biography

Alexis de Tocqueville biography

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NAME: Alexis de Tocqueville
OCCUPATION: Historian, Academic Author, Journalist, Government Official
BIRTH DATE: July 29, 1805
DEATH DATE: April 16, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH: Paris, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Cannes, France

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Alexis de Tocqueville was a French historian and political scientist best known for his early work on the American political system Democracy in America.

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Alexis de Tocqueville was born on July 29, 1805 in Paris, France. He was a political scientist, historian, and politician, best known for Democracy in America a perceptive analysis of the political and social system of the United States in the early 19th century. He died in 1859.